Australia -- Queensland Weather Update

MELBOURNE - Feb 22/13 - SNS -- The current forecast for the state of Queensland was released by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Warning Summary at issue time
A Strong Wind Warning is current for coastal waters between
Noosa Heads and Point Danger.
Flood Warnings are current for various rivers and streams.
For the latest warning information please check the Bureau's
web site www.bom.gov.au/qld
Weather Situation
A low pressure system lies near the northern New South Wales coast and is
continuing to move southwest. An upper level trough over the Channel Country is
expected to strengthen and move slowly east across Queensland during the next
few days.
Forecast for the rest of Friday
Rain areas about the Gold Coast and southern Border Ranges with  and damaging
wind gusts also possible, easing during the evening. Scattered showers and
thunderstorms over the northern tropics, more isolated over the central coast,
central interior and southwest. Fine over the remainder of the state. Light
winds over the tropics. Mainly moderate SW to SE winds over the interior of the
state, with fresh to strong SW to NW winds about the southeast, along with some
possibly damaging gusts over the Gold Coast and southern Border Ranges. Rough
surf conditions along exposed beaches south of Cape Moreton. A very high fire
danger over the southern interior.
Forecast for Saturday
Fine and partly cloudy over the southwest quarter of the state and most of
the Warrego and Maranoa. Isolated showers and thunderstorms elsewhere, tending
scattered over the northern and eastern tropics. A few storms may become severe
over the tropical inland. Mainly light winds over the tropics, light to moderate
SW to NW winds over the south.
Forecast for Sunday
The upper level trough should strengthen further over central Queensland, and
a surface trough near the east coast should deepen in response, with the
southern part of this trough approaching the southeast coast late in the day.
These systems are likely to produce isolated to scattered showers and
thunderstorms over eastern districts, spreading to rain areas over the coast and
adjacent inland south of about Townsville. Some moderate to heavy falls are
likely to develop late along the central and Wide Bay coasts. Fine and mostly
sunny over the southwest.
Forecast for Monday
The upper level trough should move only slightly eastwards across central
inland Queensland, while the surface trough will move further inland, allowing a
very deep humid ENE flow to penetrate inland over southeast Queensland. This
should lead to showers, thunderstorms and rain areas about the state's
southeast, with some moderate to heavy falls likely near the coast and nearby
inland. Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms over remaining eastern
districts and the far north. Fine and mostly sunny conditions over the west of
the state.
Forecast for Tuesday
The upper trough will remain relatively slow moving, shifting only slightly
eastwards over the southern interior. This should lead to a continuation of
showers, isolated thunderstorms and rain areas about the southeast, with some
moderate to heavy falls abut the southeast coast and nearby inland. Scattered
showers and thunderstorms are likely to continue about the eastern tropics and
far north, while fine and mostly sunny conditions should continue in the west.
Outlook for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
The upper level trough should weaken during the middle of the week, leading
to an easing in the rain areas over eastern districts. However, a new upper
trough will move into the southern interior on Thursday and Friday, leading to
instability and isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms over most inland
parts of the state, although it should remain fine in the far west.
The next routine forecast will be issued at 4:45 am EST
Saturday.
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